Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-09-25

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thought saw twinkle in his eye as be
raised the important objection-"nO, sir;
it is not enough. You have proved to me
that Dan CULVER and the three other
prisoners were on board boat which you
believe to he, and which, in the absence OF
evidence to the contrary, We may assume
to be, the Dancing Polly. You had an un-
doubted right, as an officer of his majesty s
revenue, to board that vessel. Where, IN
my opinion, you exceeded your duty was
in seizing the prisoners; for you have not
Or we'd that there was anything on board to
Justify that violent measure, Prove snug
Cling; sir, or shall let the prisoners go
and dismiss the case. "
There was sensation in the court The
officer looked down abashed. He had
actually, in his zeal TO seize well known
and notorious smuggler, omitted the most
necessary portion of his case-proof OF the
eontraband carriage. He was actually so
eager to bring his prisoners to the magis-
trate that he forgot to carry with HIM his
pieces de conviction.
under the circumstances, therefore,
said the Justice, with great sigh OF relief,
IL shall dismiss the prisoners, unless you
can at once produce evidence OF snug
Cling"
Dan smiled. Will laughed aloud. Job
aud Jephthah nudged each other with their
elbows, and became solemn beyond what
ia natural in young men. Lieut. Pollard
looked, in iact-if one can say so Of gal
laut officer who afterward fell fighting the
battles of his eountry--fOOlish.
Il could send back to Rousdon bay,
he said, and cause 10 he brought kegs
from the cargo of the Dancing Polly"
.sTush. mani said the justice. who
is to prove that those kegs were there
when you boarded the craft?"
The revenue men looked at each other
aud laughed, glad to find that Dan GULL
yer was going to escape. Only the captain
Looked disconnected.
"Aud now" said Mr.. MallOck, rising
from his judicial throne, I'VE may dismiss
the case. / hope, Pollard, that next time
Won drag me out of he'd in the middle OF
the night, it will be with better case than
this. Dan CULVER, the next time you 20
fishing in the Dancing Polly, you had bet,
ter ask Capt. Pollard to 20 with you. And
now think shall 20 mp stairs and have
my sleep out.
We ali thought the case was over and
the cause won, when a young fellow, one
of the sixteen, Skirling by name-he was
a Weymouth man; no man nearer than
Weymouth would have willingly testified
against Dan-stepped forward and spoke,
with many stammers and with much hes
itatiOn.
"Beg your hOnor's pardon. | broached
one of the kegs in the dark. filled tins
here bottle"-he held out flat bottle
two-thirds emptY---"withJ John Beer there
every body looked reprOachfully at JOhr
Beer, the cousin ofour Lyme harber---'a AND
We drank it together" o.,
Swear this man, said the justice, sit
ting down again.
They gave him the oath, and he repeated
the evidence. The worthy magistrate
tried to cross examine him; but it WAS use
less The presence of the brandy cOult
not otherwise be accounted for.
Then they called on John Beer, and tha
Young fellow, with blushes and much un
willingness, was fain to confirm the state
ment.
The Justice of the peace made no futile,
opposition. =.
ut must be-" he said, with choke il
his voice. 1T is in the hope, Dan Gull
yer, and you others---Job GulhTer, Jeph
thah Gulliver and William Campion, al
described rs common mariuers--that yor
will have a speedy deliverance and quickly
return to your--your farming and the res
of it, that sign this document. The Law
is uncertain. Times are hard Homes
fortune! Anu az Ius IuhbsuIS uO0, Win
good brandy is almost impossible to b.
had and my own cellar, | regoet, is en-
tirely empty"
So they were all committed to trial ant
hail refused.
Early as it WAS the whole pOpulaCe o
Lyme was in the streets 20 express SYM
patty and sorrow, ut the departure Of Dan
CULVER and his sons-fOr Dorchester Jail
Loud were the lamentations and deep wert
the curses which were uttered on the un,
known intOrmeT who had wrought this
evil They put us in wagon and we
drove OF, no one refusing to let me go toe
to Jail and Dorchester, the dreariest
journey / ever made in my life, except one
There happened, after the justice had
granted his warrant, a strange thing and
one which caused the sides of all Lyme
Regis to shake with laughing. We heard
the news only two days afterward.
Capt Pollard, ashamed of his haste
which was almost the cause of miscarriage
of justice, dispatched his men to seize the
cargo and then to bring them round tC
Lyme. Both boat and cargo we're the
prize of the captors.
The men, by their own account, said il
was about o'clock when they got to the
farm. Here they found Isaac Agus al
work in the yard and his wife at the dairy
and no one else about the there. Un-
suspiciously they descended the beech and
boarded their prize.
The Dancing Polly was empty
The whole of her cargo was gone, not one
key left; not q single trace of the brandy
at all; the prize snatched from under their
very eyes.
The men looked at each other. II had
been grief to most of them to punish old
Dan at sill; he had ever been a friend TO all
who wanted little spirit; but this laud
able TepuNuauCc u ptIlOlLu INC luoiS uu
grateful portion of their duties was mOder'
atsd By the prospect of prize. The Dan
cling Polly ~ she stood with all her gear,
was something, no doubt. Add then
there was the brandy.
They looked at each other in doubt,
Where was it? without q word they
turned and climbed the hill TO the farm.
Here Isaac Agus was placidly engaged
among the pigs.
He was hard Of hearing and slow at
speech, but at length he was made to com
prehend that unknown persons had been
ut work in the bag since daylight and that
he was wanted to say who they were.
He knew nothing. At the usual time
that is, before daybreak-he had gotten
out of bed, and since then had been busy
in the farm yard. The absence of Dan and
the boys gave him no concern, because it
frequently happened; and he was, in his
slow way, amazed to learn that they were
all then, with the stranger, on their way
IN dorchester DriSOn